PCHB128003773

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

1. Identity of declarant. I am employed by the Port of Seattle as the Director, Aviation Facilities and Environmental Programs. I have personal knowledge of the facts contained in this declaration and am competent to testify to those facts. 2. The Port's and FAA's Final Environmental Impact Statement. In February 1996, the Port and FAA issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement ("FEIS") for the proposed master plan development actions at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (the "Airport"). A true and correct copy of the summary section and other selected sections of the FEIS are attached as Exhibit A to this declaration. The FEIS discussed the impacts of the preferred alternative and a number of other on-site alternatives at the Airport. Off-site alternatives had been considered in the Flight Plan Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Port and the Puget Sound Regional Council ("PSRC"). A true and AR 003773 ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF MICHAEL FELDMAN - l FOSTER PEPPER _ SHEFELMAN PLLC 1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 3400 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3299 50304933.01 206-447-4400 correct copy of the executive summary of the Flight Plan Environmental Impact Statement is attached as Exhibit B to this declaration. 3. The Port's and FAA's Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. After the FEIS was issued, the FAA and Port realized that the growth in air transportation demand at STIA was higher than the range of forecasts on which the FEIS had been based. Accordingly, the FAA and Port issued a full Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ("SEIS"). True and correct copies of…
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